by Kunal Ghosh
Our Constitution-makers decided to follow the western model of parliamentary democracy in which there are three main organs of the state, the executive (that is, the government run by a Council of Ministers) and the legislature (...)
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Indian Judiciary since 1993: Independent but Unchecked and Unbalanced
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Cameos
13 May 2018, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s 157th birth anniversary was observed last Wednesday (May 9, 2018). On this occasion we are reproducing a piece by N.C. on Tagore written 77 years ago, in 1941. It was published in The Calcutta (...) -
Friend or Enemy of Dalits?
13 May 2018, by Sandeep PandeyDr Ambedkar Mahasabha honoured the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Dalit Mitra or Friend of the Dalit award on the birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, April 14, 2018 in Lucknow.
This is the same government which had arrested (...) -
Tagore for Today
13 May 2018On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore‘s 157th birth anniversary on May 9, 2018, we are carrying excerpts from Tagore’s writings and speeches that are relevant in today’s context.
Today, more than ever before in our history, the aid of spiritual (...) -
The Wuhan ‘Informal Summit’
5 May 2018POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Beyond the hype, the hoopla and the high-voltage publicity, what is the tangible outcome of the ‘Informal Summit’ between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, held on April 27 and 28? Nobody knows because (...) -
Chinese Perfidy
5 May 2018, by Ashok ParthasarathiSino-Indian relations have been marked by Chinese perfidy since the time we attained political independence in 1947 and the so-called Chinese “liberation” in 1949. Barely had the Chinese achieved political freedom that they attacked and annexed (...) -
May Day
5 May 2018[May 1 this year was on Tuesday last. While observing May Day we recount the following words. Though written 85 years ago, they remain as fresh as ever even today.]
One morning you will wake and find
Suddenly into the sky has climbed
The (...) -
Impeachment, a Serious Matter
5 May 2018, by Kuldip NayarIt’s sheer arrogance. True, Chief Justice Dipak Misra denied permission to Allahabad High Court judge Nayaran Shukla to prosecute a Lucknow-based Prasad Education Trust, which runs a medical college. But this is not such a violation of law which (...) -
The BJP Wants a Subservient Judiciary
5 May 2018, by Barun Das GuptaThe ugly truth, suspected for long, is out in the open now: the BJP wants a subservient judiciary. The litany of objections raised by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to the appointment of Justice K.M. Joseph as a Supreme Court judge is as (...) -
Two Recent Supreme/High Court Verdicts
5 May 2018, by Arup Kumar SenSome recent developments in the domain of the Indian judiciary give alarming signals. In January 2018, four senior judges of the Supreme Court alleged: There have been instances where case having far-reaching consequences for the nation and the (...)
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